There's something strange about my E-M1. It very often makes store alarms go off. I was at a shopping mall recently and in almost every store I had to show that it was my camera that triggered their alarm. Very annoying.
Do any of you E-M1 owners ever experienced the same thing?
(Btw, the wifi is deactivated so that doesn't cause it.)

formula4speedRegistered: May 08, 2005Total Posts: 1831Country: United States

Isn't the sensor based stabilizer magnetic? I wonder if that's acting like one of the anti-theft magnets.

formula4speed wrote:
Isn't the sensor based stabilizer magnetic? I wonder if that's acting like one of the anti-theft magnets.

Yes, but it never happened with the E-M5.

cputeqRegistered: Jun 25, 2008Total Posts: 6043Country: United States

Jochenb wrote:formula4speed wrote:
Isn't the sensor based stabilizer magnetic? I wonder if that's acting like one of the anti-theft magnets.

Yes, but it never happened with the E-M5.

Perhaps an engineering feature of the Em1 vs the EM5 is causing this - EM1 does have the faster shutter after all, so there have to be some mechanically different features. This could be just enough to induce a voltage in the store sensors.

Or, could be how the electronics are wired on the CCAs, etc. Sorta cool if you ask me

cputeqRegistered: Jun 25, 2008Total Posts: 6043Country: United States

FlyPenFly wrote:
Same lens again, playing with Color Ef Ex... not entirely sold on it but will give it a try for a week.

I feel like it's making the files a bit too crunchy.

Agree, but what filters are you using within it? For instance, Color Efex's tonal contrast is awesome, but you have to use it sparingly, as it's easy to go "off the cliff" without realizing it.

Jochenb wrote:
There's something strange about my E-M1. It very often makes store alarms go off. I was at a shopping mall recently and in almost every store I had to show that it was my camera that triggered their alarm. Very annoying.
Do any of you E-M1 owners ever experienced the same thing?
(Btw, the wifi is deactivated so that doesn't cause it.)

JochenbRegistered: May 25, 2010Total Posts: 2078Country: Belgium

bobbytan wrote:
Why don't you call or email Olympus to ask them?

Jochenb wrote:
There's something strange about my E-M1. It very often makes store alarms go off. I was at a shopping mall recently and in almost every store I had to show that it was my camera that triggered their alarm. Very annoying.
Do any of you E-M1 owners ever experienced the same thing?
(Btw, the wifi is deactivated so that doesn't cause it.)

I will. I was just interested to see if others here also experienced it.

dass101Registered: Jan 28, 2014Total Posts: 71Country: Romania

I know posting baby photos is a bit like cheating, but I just got an Olympus 25/1.8 and I'm seriously impressed by it and love this photo overall. Shot with an EM10.